2013年12月19日星期四

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Deportations dropped 10 percent last year

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:23 PM PST

Immigration reform in CaliforniaWhite House: Agents focused on removing undocumented immigrants with criminal records.


Theatergoer: "I started hearing noises, screaming"

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:24 PM PST

A woman lies on a stretcher surrounded by rescue workers, awaiting evacuation following an incident during a performance at the Apollo Theatre, in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2013, with police saying there were "a number" of casualties. It wasn't immediately clear which part of the building had collapsed. The London Fire Brigade said the theatre was almost full, with around 700 people watching the performance. A spokesman added: "It's thought between 20 and 40 people were injured." (AP Photo by Joel Ryan, Invision)American Scott Daniels was in the audience when London's Apollo Theatre partially collapsed.


Pa. man wins $1M Picasso with $138 raffle ticket

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:01 PM PST

Picasso's 1914 cubist drawing L'homme au Gibus, Man with Opera Hat, is presented at Sotheby's auction house in Paris Thursday Dec. 12, 2013. An online Christmas raffle has been launched by the artist's grandson to allow fans to bid 100 euros to win the original Picasso. A total of 50,000 tickets are for sale for the chance to win the gouache painting. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)WEXFORD, Pa. (AP) — A man looking for art for his new home has won a $1 million Picasso painting with a $138 raffle ticket.


Study: HIV patients' life spans are approaching general population's

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:25 AM PST

A giant painting with the image of a red ribbon is seen in central Brussels, ahead of World AIDS DayA study published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE found that people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) now have life spans approaching those of the general population.


Dozens injured in London theater collapse

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:33 PM PST

Police and emergency services personnel assist in operations behind a cordon following a ceiling collapse at a theatre in Central London on December 19, 2013More than 88 people including children among those wounded at packed West End show.


Life-sized Lego car runs on air; unfortunately, it's not for sale

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:36 AM PST

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New Mexico legalizes gay marriage

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:35 AM PST

CORRECTS DAY OF WEEK TO TUESDAY, NOT MONDAY - Helen Taylor, 45, and Apryl Harris, 47, of Rio Rancho, N.M., wait for their same-sex marriage license at the Albuquerque clerk's office in New Mexico's most populous county Tuesday, Aug. 26,2013 as officials started issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Bernalillo County Clerk joined clerks from the state's other two population centers in recognizing same-sex unions after a judge Monday declared gay marriage legal in New Mexico. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)Joins 16 states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay marriage.


40 million Target shoppers' data stolen: What should you do?

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:16 PM PST

Target Shoppers' Credit Card Information BreachedNEW YORK (AP) — With less than a week until Christmas, a real-life Grinch has stolen the credit and debit card information of about 40 million Target shoppers.


Dozens injured in theater collapse

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:51 PM PST

A bandaged man comforts a woman following an incident at the Apollo Theatre, in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2013, during a performance , with police saying there were "a number" of casualties. It wasn't immediately clear if the roof, ceiling or balcony had collapsed. The London Fire Brigade said the theatre was almost full, with around 700 people watching the performance. A spokesman added: "It's thought between 20 and 40 people were injured." (AP Photo by Joel Ryan, Invision)A central London theater packed with about 700 people partially collapsed Thursday.


Ceiling collapse injures patrons at London's Apollo theater

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Skating champ Boitano says he's gay, headed to Sochi Olympics

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:55 PM PST

P&G & Wal-Mart "Tribute to American Legends of the Ice"Will join two other openly gay athletes in U.S. delegation to Sochi Olympics


London theater partially collapses

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:15 PM PST

Apollo theater in LondonSeveral are injured after the Apollo theater in central London partially collapsed during a performance.


20 to 40 injured in London theater collapse

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:35 PM PST

Emergency services attend the scene at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, central London, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. A theater in central London partially collapsed Thursday night during a performance at the height of the Christmas season, with police saying there were "a number" of casualties. (AP Photo/PA, Dominic Lipinski) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE PRESS ASSOCIATIONAuthorities say all trapped during partial collapse have been freed.


End of an era for Cuba's vintage autos

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:50 AM PST

Cuban taxi drivers wait for passengers in their old cars in Havana, on September 11, 2009Cuba announced Thursday it will ease restrictions on car imports for the first time in half a century, marking the end of an era that made icons of the island's vintage automobiles. The official newspaper Granma said the decision to allow cars to be imported for sale at market prices on the island was taken Wednesday by Cuba's council of ministers. Granma acknowledged the so-called "letters of authorization" issued by the transport ministry had generated "resentment, dissatisfaction and, in not a few cases ... (were) a source of speculation and enrichment." Opening Cuba's domestic car market to imports is likely to have fateful consequences for the lovingly maintained 1950s Chevys, Fords and Pontiacs that have survived a 50-year-old US embargo.


Almost 90 hurt as ceiling collapses at London theatre

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:35 PM PST

Apollo theatre collapseBy Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Emergency services said nearly 90 people were injured on Thursday when part of the ceiling collapsed during a performance at a packed London theatre, bringing the city's West End entertainment district to a standstill. Emergency services said 88 people were injured. They described 81 as "walking wounded", many with head injuries, while seven others were taken to hospital with more serious injuries. Nick Harding from London Fire Brigade said a section of ornate plaster ceiling, measuring about 10 meters (33 feet) by 10 meters, had fallen onto the audience watching the evening show.


New bill would slap sanctions on Iran if nuke terms broken

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:14 PM PST

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez speaks to the media after the Senate passed the immigration bill on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Patricia Zengerle and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite opposition from the Obama administration, 26 U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Iran if the country breaks an interim deal under which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program. It will be weeks at the earliest before the bill comes to a vote in the 100-member Senate, if it gets that far, given staunch opposition by President Barack Obama's administration and many of its supporters in Congress. Democrats Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, and Republican Senator Mark Kirk, along with 23 others, introduced the bill intended to choke off funding to Iran's nuclear program by cutting off its oil sales.


'O Holy' sight at a Boston museum

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 08:18 AM PST

O Holy sightNearly 50 music students surprise an unsuspecting audience.


Putin to pardon bitter Kremlin critic

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:36 PM PST

A file picture on June 3, 2011, shows former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky being being escorted to a courtroom in MoscowPresident Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he would pardon ex-oil tycoon and bitter Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move that should see Russia's most famous prisoner freed after more than a decade behind bars. The shock announcement could finally draw the curtain on the most notorious legal case in post-Soviet Russian history and came as Russia comes under even greater international scrutiny in the run-up to the Winter Olympic Games in February. Khodorkovsky's imprisonment on embezzlement and fraud convictions in jails including a Siberian penal colony has dented Russia's investment climate and become a symbol of the erosion of human rights under Putin. Putin revealed after his marathon annual news conference that Khodorkovsky, 50, had for the first time written a request for a pardon, citing humanitarian circumstances as his mother is ill.


Man who shot unarmed woman on porch faces murder trial

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 12:32 PM PST

Theodore Wafer, left, listens to his attorneys while appearing at his preliminary examination before District Court Judge David Turfe in Dearborn Heights, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. The hearing will determine if there's enough evidence to send Wafer to trial on a second-degree murder charge. Defense attorneys claim he feared for his life, but prosecutors say the shooting of Renisha McBride, 19, was not justified.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Thursday, rejecting a self-defense argument for the killer's "bad choice."


Report: Fired nuke general misbehaved in Russia

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:34 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the US Air Force shows Maj. Gen. Michael J. Carey. Investigators say the Air Force general, fired in October as commander of the U.S. land-based nuclear missle force, engaged in "inappropriate behavior" while in Russia, including heavy drinking rudeness to his hosts. (AP Photo/US Air Force)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force general who was fired from command of U.S. land-based nuclear missile forces had engaged in "inappropriate behavior" while on official business in Russia last summer, including heavy drinking, rudeness to his hosts and associating with "suspect" women, according to an investigation report released Thursday.


After 10 years in jail, Khodorkovsky eyes freedom

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 09:29 AM PST

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 file photo former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands behind glass at a court room in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin says he will pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky after more than a decade in prison. Putin told reporters after his marathon news conference Thursday Dec. 19, 2013, that Khodorkovsky submitted an appeal for pardon and he intends to grant it. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File)MOSCOW (AP) — It was arguably Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest political decision of the year — the announcement that imprisoned tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky will be pardoned. Here's a look at Khodorkovsky, the implications of his imprisonment and his impending release:


NSA debate shifts in favor of surveillance limits

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:14 PM PST

FILE - This June 6, 2013, file photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. A presidential advisory panel has recommended dozens of changes to the government's surveillance programs, including stripping the NSA of its ability to store Americans' telephone records and requiring a court to sign off on the individual searches of phone and Internet data. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharp and unexpected shift, the national debate over U.S. government surveillance seems to be turning in favor of reining in the National Security Agency's expansive spying powers at home and abroad.


A mistreated maid? Or a profound insult?

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 08:04 AM PST

This Dec. 8, 2013 photo shows Devyani Khobragade, India's deputy consul general, during the India Studies Stony Brook University fund raiser event at Long Island, New York. The Indian diplomat said U.S. authorities subjected her to a strip search, cavity search and DNA swabbing following her arrest on visa charges in New York City, despite her "incessant assertions of immunity." The case has sparked widespread outrage in India and infuriated the government, which revoked privileges for U.S. diplomats to protest her treatment. (AP Photo/Mohammed Jaffer)NEW DELHI (AP) — In New York, it looked like a straightforward case: an obscure young diplomat at the Indian consulate was accused of lying on visa forms so she could bring her maid to the U.S., paying her less than $3 an hour. The diplomat was arrested, processed through the legal system like anyone else and quickly freed on bail.


Vegan leather, faux fur are hot holiday gifts

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:34 PM PST

This undated image provided by Target shows the Threshold Faux Fur Throw in Brown. From faux fur coats to ATLANTA (AP) — Finding a knockoff version of the fur you want under the Christmas tree would ordinarily be a disappointment.


'Duck Dynasty' fans react to Robertson's hiatus

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:55 PM PST

This 2012 photo released by A&E shows, from left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, "Duck Dynasty." The A&E channel says "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson is off the show indefinitely after condemning gays as sinners in a magazine interview. In a statement Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, A&E said it was extremely disappointed to read Robertson's comments in GQ magazine. (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the A&E network suspended "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson for disparaging gay people, it may have followed a time-honored TV tradition of quickly silencing a star who, for better or worse, speaks his mind. But in doing so it also ruffled the feathers of possibly millions of fans of its most popular show.


Over 80 injured in partial London theater collapse

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:28 PM PST

Firemen confer at the scene following an incident at the Apollo Theatre, in London's Shaftesbury Avenue, Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2013, during a performance at the height of the Christmas season, with police saying there were "a number" of casualties. It wasn't immediately clear if the roof, ceiling or balcony had collapsed during a performance. Police said they "are aware of a number of casualties," but had no further details. (AP Photo by Joel Ryan, Invision)LONDON (AP) — The ceiling of a London theater partially collapsed Thursday night, showering a packed audience with heaps of plaster, wood and dust. More than 80 people were injured — at least seven seriously — and several trapped theater-goers had to be rescued, authorities said.


Obama commutes sentences for 8 drug convictions

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:31 PM PST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of eight people he said were serving unduly harsh drug sentences in the most expansive use yet of his power to free inmates.

Pa. pastor defrocked after performing gay wedding

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:48 PM PST

Accompanied by his wife Brigitte, right, former United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer, of Lebanon, Pa., departs after a meeting with officials at the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in Norristown, Pa. Church officials have defrocked Schaefer, who officiated his son's gay wedding in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The United Methodist church defrocked a pastor from central Pennsylvania on Thursday for violating doctrine by officiating his son's gay marriage, leaving the minister shocked and upset that he could be punished for an "act of love."


India: 3 UN peacekeepers dead in South Sudan

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:51 PM PST

A displaced boy rests after seeking refuge at the compound of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in Juba, South Sudan Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. South Sudan, the world's newest country, is threatened by rapidly escalating ethnic violence, as officials said Thursday that the government no longer controls the capital of its largest and most populous state. (AP Photo)JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Less than three years after its creation, the world's newest country is beginning to fracture along ethnic lines in violence that has killed hundreds of people, including three U.N. peacekeepers. What could come next, some warn, is ethnic cleansing.


New Mexico legalizes same-sex marriage

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:51 PM PST

Miriam Rand, 64, left, and Ona Porter, 67, both of Albuquerque, N.M., talk to reporters Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, after the New Mexico Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples in the state. The couple were part of a lawsuit that brought the case before the state's highest court. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico became the latest state to legalize gay marriage Thursday as its highest court declared it is unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.


Target: 40M card accounts may be breached

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 12:40 PM PST

In this Jan. 18, 2008 file photo, a customer signs his credit card receipt at a Target store in Tallahassee, Fla. Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts customers may have been affected by a data breach that occurred at its U.S. stores between Nov. 27, 2013, and Dec. 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)Target is grappling with a data security nightmare that threatens to drive off holiday shoppers during the company's busiest time of year.


Kate and Harry royally hacked by U.K. newspaper

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:45 AM PST

This July 23, 2013 file photo shows Britain's Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge with the Prince of Cambridge as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary's Hospital in London. Princess Diana wore a caftan-like outfit that hid the post-childbirth tummy bump when William was born. In contrast, the former Kate Middleton, in her first public appearance on July 23, 2013, after giving birth, wore a dress that did not camouflage her belly, and many women are applauding her choice. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)Rupert Murdoch's 'News of the World' intercepted Kate and Harry's voicemails, prosecutors alleged in a London court on Thursday.


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